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"KEN-CHAAAAAAAAAAAN!!"
There was an all too quick blur of pink and black, and then…there was nothing…which only meant one thing.
"Hey, Yachiru." Kenpachi said, peeling the small girl from her present attachment…which happened to be his face. "I was lookin' for you. Where've you been?"
"I was at the place getting stuff!" The small girl giggled, settling herself on his right shoulder after being placed there.
"At the place…getting…stuff…" Kenpachi repeated, raising what would have been an eyebrow, if he'd had one. "Wow, That…That really paints a picture, doesn't it?" He said, sarcastically pointing out her lack of detail.
She giggled, ignoring his comment. "Yup! You want some, Ken-chan?" She asked, appearing on the top of his head and whipping out a large bag of candy to dangle in front of his face.
He fought the urge to back his face up, knowing it wouldn't do him any good. "Uh…No…I'm good." He said, making a bit of a face at the all too brightly colored assortment.
"Okaaaay, but don't complain when it's all gone…" She warned him, retrieving the candies and re-settling herself.
Kenpachi nodded his own 'yeah-whatever' fashion. Missing out on a bag of candy wasn't really an earth-shattering event at the moment. Well, maybe to Yachiru…but…that was beside the point. He had to tell her eventually. She was here now…why not?
….Because she was here….
…Now…
…And he still had no idea what to say or how to say it.
How did they do it in all those stupid movies that Yumichika was always watching? Breaking news like this to people…
…Stupid chick flicks…Like he was gonna pull that one off…even if he wanted to.
Which he didn't…
No….
….Because…That would be stupid….
And…really cheesy…
………..and lame…..
….And…what the hell was wrong with Yumichika? Watching movies…
Kenpachi closed his eyes in annoyance. He had to focus. This was important, dammit! He didn't have time to be wasting. He had to tell her before the rest of Soul Society found out about what happened…And it would no doubt reach the young Vice-Captain's ears before the lowers heard…
Thinking about it was exhausting….There had to be some way to-
"Ken-chan?"
"Hm?" The captain snapped back into reality, hearing his vice's voice.
"What's wrong?"
"What?"
"You're thinking, Ken-chan…that's not like you…"
The way she said that last remark made him pause to wonder if she meant it as an insult or not.
"Whatcha thinkin' about?" She asked, almost in a childish rhythm.
"Nothin'." Was the only response he felt like giving at the moment. There was still no way he could word what he was thinking.
"It's not nice to lie, Ken-chan."
"Who said I was lying?"
"You did, Ken-chan!"
"When?"
"When you lied!" She yelled at him in that worried/pouting voice that she always did when trying to prove she was right.
Kenpachi huffed. Yeah. It was official. She knew him too damn well.
"Alright…" He took a breath. "You wanna know what I'm thinkin', Yachiru?"
She nodded excitedly…
And then…
"AND THEN WHAT?!" Yumichika almost fell out of his seat.
Kenpachi had his face in his hands, giving him a very rare look of shame and slight embarrassment.
"I couldn't do it." He said, annoyed at both himself, and the presence of the two he'd just kicked out of his office not even an hour ago.
"WHAT?!" Both the men responded at the same time.
"BUT!! BUT YOU CAN'T JUST END THE STORY THERE!!" Yumichika yelled, desperate to get a better story out of his captain.
"I thought you were going to tell her, Taichou!" Ikkaku yelled, also slightly disappointed in the outcome.
"I SAID I COULDN'T, ALRIGHT?!" Kenpachi growled at them, slamming his hands down and raising himself threateningly from his seat in a very jolted manner.
The other two shut their mouths as soon as they'd opened them to gape.
Kenpachi glared at them both for a moment, regaining a steady breathing pattern, and then reseated himself with a very aggravated sigh. "Look, just make sure no one else knows about this…and if they do, either make sure they don't spread it, or kill 'em, I don't care." He told them in a calmer tone, putting a hand to his forehead again. "Just…Don't let Yachiru hear it from anyone but me, got it?" There was still a very light snarl in his voice and on his features, but he gave the order in a way that made both men understand their captains' reasoning.
"Yes, sir." Ikkaku said. "..In fact, I saw Matsumoto-san not long ago…She agreed not to let anyone in on it…" He pointed out, "…But…then she wouldn't tell me what happened either…"
Yumichika giggled at that. "Oh So Ikkaku-san likes juicy gossip too, eh?"
"What?! I never said- I just- Shut up!!"
Kenpachi even grinned a bit at the argument now taking place. It was his substitute for a laugh for now. But it didn't last too long. He'd probably head back over to Unohana's squad…maybe later on tonight…when it wasn't so busy. Until then he had to make sure Yachiru was preoccupied…that someone didn't let anything slip…But he needed to see Shunsui too…
Damn…who could he get to watch Yachiru for the rest of the day?
He knew that the other members of the squad weren't exactly…fit for a job like her….she was rather….difficult for the inexperienced shinigami.
So….
Who had annoyed him that badly?
He looked up through his fingers, seeing Ikkaku getting very red and yelling at a very giddy Yumichika…
And a grin spread across his features once more.